18th May2018

‘iZombie 4×11’ Review

by Xenia Grounds

Stars: Rose McIver, Malcolm Goodwin, Rahul Kohli, Robert Buckley, David Anders | Created by Diane Ruggiero, Rob Thomas So far, my reviews of iZombie haven’t been completely positive but with this latest episode, the show starts to address a few of the complaints that I’ve mentioned previously. In 4×11, Liv eats the brain of a […]

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18th May2018

‘The Council: Episode 2 – Hide and Seek’ Review (Xbox One X)

by Paul Metcalf

In the first episode of The Council we were introduced to the way that the new adventure game worked. Based on an RPG style system, many actions were dependant on having abilities that were earned in a skills tree. With a game also full of historical characters, may who couldn’t be trusted, interactions with them […]

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18th May2018

Comic Concierge – Episode 23: Weekly Recommendations

by Dan Clark

After missing last week I’m back with a super-packed episode highlighted by this week’s Recommendation of the Week – American Alien: An Alien in New York #2. Many other big titles to talk about as Marvel’s Fresh Start continues with Venom #1 and Justice League starts its next major event with No Justice #1. Plenty […]

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17th May2018

‘Death Road to Canada’ Review (NIntendo Switch)

by Britt Roberts

Chiptune surf rock greets you into the world of Death Road to Canada, and yes, it’s as awesome as it sounds (I still maintain that the Surf Coasters music for the Runabout series is one of the best in gaming, if only they’d tour in the UK…and release records on vinyl!). The game sees you […]

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17th May2018

‘Ring of Honor’ Wrestling Review (May 13th 2018)

by Nathan Favel

Commentators: Analyst – Ian Riccaboni | Color – BJ Whitmer Welcome to the debut of the weekly Ring of Honor TV review here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and I’m thrilled to give you the run-down on Ring of Honor’s one-hour fight cards that appear on Sinclair Broadcast Group’s numerous television affiliates. We begin these […]

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16th May2018

‘Hold The Line’ Board Game Review

by Matthew Smail

In Hold the Line and its simultaneously released expansion The French and Indian War, two players re-enact battles from the late 18th century using dice, miniatures and a highly customisable, hex based board. The expansion adds new figures for the British, French and Indian (henceforth I shall refer to them as Native American) forces and […]

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16th May2018

‘Suicide Guy’ Review (Nintendo Switch)

by Britt Roberts

As a fan of the Mr Karoshi games, I was very much looking forward to playing Suicide Guy as it read as a 3D version of my much-loved Mr Karoshi series, however it unfortunately has more in common with Hello Neighbor in it’s visuals and gameplay and it’s these issues that took the enjoyment out […]

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16th May2018

‘Tremors: Cold Day in Hell’ Review

by Phil Wheat

Stars: Michael Gross, Jaime Kennedy, Tanya van Graan, Greg Kriek, Jay Anstey | Written by John Whelpley | Directed by Don Michael Paul In this, the sixth film in the long-running Tremors franchise, Burt Gummer (Michael Gross) and his son Travis Welker (Jamie Kennedy) are called to a research facility in the frozen tundra of […]

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16th May2018

‘Garage’ Review (Nintendo Switch)

by Rupert Harvey

From the TinyBuild stable comes Garage, a VHS-filtered, top-down shooter-cum-survival-horror developed by Russian outfit Zombie Dynamics. It sounds great on paper, but a multitude of issues prevent it from matching the games that clearly inspired it. You play Butch, a very butch janitor. You awaken in an underground garage to find that everything wants to […]

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15th May2018

‘Soft Matter’ Review

by Alain Elliott

Stars: Ruby Lee Dove II, Hal Schneider, Mary Anzalone, Devyn Placide, Mark Blumberg, Catherine Grady, David Dillard, Sam Stinson, Mykal Monroe, Bradley Creel, Ruby Epkins | Written and Directed by Jim Hickcox Soft Matter certainly has originality on its side. A story that somehow manages to mix two trendy graffiti artists, two immortality-obsessed scientists and […]

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15th May2018

‘Assassin’s Creed Origins #3’ Review

by Dean Fuller

Written by Anthony Del Col | Art by PJ Kaiowa | Published by Titan Comics Still on the fence a little with this book so far. Sure, the writing and artwork are not bad, pretty good in fact, but so far I am not really seeing a story that had to be told. Once we […]

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15th May2018

‘Deadpool 2’ Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Josh Brolin, Zazie Beetz, Morena Baccarin, Brianna Hildebrand, Julian Dennison, Stefan Kapicic, T.J. Miller, Terry Crews, Bill Skarsgard, Rob Delaney, Shioli Kutsuna, Leslie Uggams, Karan Soni | Written by Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, Ryan Reynolds | Directed by David Leitch The Merc with the Mouth is back! Hot on the heels of […]

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15th May2018

‘Mother’s Doll’ DVD Review

by Mondo Squallido

Stars: Amy Crowdis, Robin Lord Taylor, Josh Caras, Geneva Carr, Shirley Knight, David Pirrie | Written and Directed by Alejandro Daniel Calvo When her overbearing mother dies, young Melanie (Amy Crowdis) is understandably torn by grief. To cope with her loss, she does what any teenager would do – craft a life-size doll to fill […]

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15th May2018

365Flicks Podcast Takeover! Toby Osmond & Lee Apsey on ‘Thor: Ragnarok’

by Phil Wheat

Here’s the latest episode of the 365Flick podcast, part of the ever-growing podcast roster here on Nerdly. If you haven’t heard the show yet, you can check out previous episodes on Libsyn, whilst we’ll be featuring each and every new episode as it premieres. 365Flicks Podcast Takeover! Toby Osmond & Lee Apsey on ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ […]

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14th May2018

‘Batman Ninja’ Blu-ray Review

by Phil Wheat

Features the voices of: Roger Craig Smith, Tony Hale, Grey Griffin, Tara Strong, Fred Tatasciore, Yuri Lowenthal, Adam Croasdell, Will Friedle, Tom Kenny, Eric Bauza | English language version written by Leo Chu, Eric Garcia | Directed by Jumpei Mizusaki There have been many, many Batman movies over the years – from the 60s movie, […]

14th May2018

‘Hooligan Escape: The Russian Job’ Review

by Philip Rogers

Stars: Ali Bastian, Guy Faulkner, Charlie Wernham, James Tratas, Ben Freeman, Denis Khoroshko, Ryan Winsley, Cheryl Burniston, Kate Parnell, Oleg Hill, Michael Elkin, Kevin Mathurin, Taryn Bishop | Written and Directed by Nicholas Winter France 2016 the European Cup. A group of English football hooligans are chased down and cornered by their vicious Russian rivals […]

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11th May2018

‘Revenge’ Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz, Kevin Janssens, Vincent Colombe, Guillaume Bouchède | Written and Directed by Coralie Fargeat French writer-director Coralie Fargeat makes a spectacular debut with Revenge, a stylish and super-violent thriller that brings a female perspective to the rape revenge genre and delivers a powerful kick to the unmentionables in the process. The […]

11th May2018

‘Anon’ Review

by Matthew Turner

Stars: Clive Owen, Amanda Seyfried, Colm Feore, Sonya Walger, Mark O’Brien, Joe Pingue, Iddo Goldberg, Sebastian Pigott, Rachel Roberts, Ethan Tavares, Marco Grazzini, Conrad Coates | Written and Directed by Andrew Niccol Writer-director Andrew Niccol has made a career out of depicting tech-enhanced dystopias, whether it’s his 1997 debut Gattaca (genetic engineering), his script for […]

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11th May2018

‘Robotech #9’ Review (Titan Comics)

by Dean Fuller

Written by Simon Furman | Art by Marco Turini | Published by Titan Comics With Robotech #9, Simon Furman finally flies solo. Brian Wood’s four issue handover, where they shared billing as co-plotters, has finished and the book will stand or fall on Furman alone. So far, admittedly it may be a little too early […]

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11th May2018

‘Legion 2×06’ Review

by Paul Metcalf

If you look at most television shows, you can see the rules that they all follow. There are those brave ones though that don’t do that, the ones that stand out. Legion is one of these shows that rips up the rule book and creates something truly different, which some of us love but others […]

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10th May2018

‘iZombie 4×10’ Review

by Xenia Grounds

Stars: Rose McIver, Malcolm Goodwin, Rahul Kohli, Robert Buckley, David Anders | Created by Diane Ruggiero, Rob Thomas I said that last week’s episode of iZombie was a bit of a structural mess but it was entertaining regardless. This week, however, I can’t say the same as this feels like a filler episode. It seems […]

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10th May2018

‘Save Me’ DVD Review

by Paul Metcalf

Fans of The Walking Dead will be used to Lennie James each week, giving a stand out performance as Morgan. But between his time in The Walking Dead and Fear the Walking Dead, he has also found time to film a British thriller called Save Me, giving a performance that truly shows how good an […]

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